Integrated Care in Parkinson’s disease: e-training for multidisciplinary team members

Abstract Background Parkinson’s is a high prevalence disease worldwide and training in Integrated Care (IC) for professionals in this field is an obvious need. The SUPER training course is focused on integrated care applied to Parkinson’s disease (PD) and aimed at social and health professionals. Both the content and the training methodology have been co-designed with people living with PD, relatives/caregivers and professionals from Spain and Italy. The course comprises3 training modules (10 units), alongside self-assessment questions, as well as case studies. Accessible open access via an e-learning platform. It is available in English, Spanish, Italian and French enhancing its applicability and transferability. Objectives The SUPER e-training course aims to equip members of multidisciplinary teams with knowledge, skills and competencies in IC applied to PD. Results The course was validated with 89 socio-health professionals in Spain and Italy (M age = 37.28; 75.28% women), who completed a questionnaire assessing the usefulness and quality of the training modules and the platform, as well as an overall evaluation of the training in terms of quality and impact. According to the them: the training could improve the quality of care offered to people living with PD; it is expected to heighten interest in IC, while also introducing novel and invaluable elements. Conclusions This course is useful to train professionals of different profiles (and European contexts) on IC in PC, increasing their knowledge and skills and improving the provision of care to people living with PD. The SUPER multilingual course is an innovative tool because it has been designed from a bottom-up approach and makes available to any professional a free training that can be taken online at any time. Key messages • SUPER training course equips professionals from a holistic, multidisciplinary and person-centred approach to PD. • This multilingual tool aids diverse professionals in social & health care.